To ensure that policies and proposals in the Local Development Framework (LDF) contribute to sustainable development, each document produced for the LDF will be subject to a Sustainability Appraisal (SA), incorporating the requirements of the EU Directive on Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA).

Existing Sustainability Appraisal documents

1. Core Strategy Sustainability Appraisal

The Core Strategy is the principal document in the Local Development Framework (LDF). It will set out the overall strategy of the LDF and the key strategic policies against which all development will be assessed. All other Development Plan Documents (DPDs) prepared by the council will have to conform with the Core Strategy and contain policies and proposals which support it's strategic vision, objectives and spatial strategy.

The Core Strategy Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report sets out the objectives and indicators which provide the framework for the Sustainability Appraisal. This was revised in 2010 to reflect the changes to the baseline information and methodology originally set out in the 2006 version. You can download a copy of the revised Core Strategy Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report below. In addition to this, the original annexes detailing the derivation of the Sustainability Issues and Appraisal Objectives are also available to download.

The next stage of the Sustainability Appraisal process was to appraise the Issues and Options which are set out in the council's Core Strategy document.

The Core Strategy Issues and Options 2 document produced in Summer 2007 took into consideration comments made on the initial Issues and Options document. Consultation was held on the Issues and Options 2 between September and October 2007. A Sustainability Statement was produced to accompany this consultation, a copy of which can be downloaded below.

A full Sustainability Appraisal accompanied the Preferred Options Stage on consultation in 2009. The full document can be downloaded from the items listed below.

The Core Strategy Submission (Publication) document went out for consultation  between 26th September - 7th November 2011 and was accompanied by a Sustainability Appraisal. For more information on this stage of the Core Strategy, please view the Core Strategy Submission (Publication) webpage. The accompanying Sustsinability Appriasal for the Core Strategy Submission (Publication) Draft is available to download from the listed items below.

• Core Strategy Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report (revised 2010)
• Core Strategy SA Scoping Report Annex 4 (Sustainability Issues, 2006)
• Core Strategy SA Scoping Report Annex 5 (Deriving Objectives, 2006)
• Core Strategy Issues an Options Sustainability Statement (June 2006)
• Core Strategy Issues and Options 2 Sustainability Statement (September 2007)
• Core Strategy Preferred Options Sustainability Appraisal
• Core Strategy Preferred Options Sustainability Appraisal Technical Appendices
• Core Strategy Preferred Options Sustainability Appraisal Non Technical Summary
• Core Strategy Submission (Publication) Sustainability Appraisal and Technical appendices
• Core Strategy Submission (Publication) Non Technical Summary

View more information on the Local Development Core Strategy

2. Key Allocations DPD Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report

The Scoping Report for the Sustainability Appraisal for the Draft Key Allocations Issues & Options DPD sets out the key issues and the methodology to be considered in the SA and how these have been derived. The completed Key Allocations DPD will set out all the sites which have been specifically identified for development in order to meet the Council's vision and objectives and the strategic policies of the Core Strategy. The Initial Sustainability Assessment which accompanied the Issues and Options Call for sites (May 2008) is also available to download below

You can download a copy of the Key Allocations DPD SA Scoping Report and the Initial sustainability Assessment below:

• Key Allocations DPD Scoping Report
• Key Allocation Initial Sustainability Assessment
• Key Allocation Initial Sustainability Assessment Annex 1
• Key Allocation Initial Sustainability Assessment Annex 2 map 1
• Key Allocation Initial Sustainability Assessment Annex 2 map 2
• Key Allocation Initial Sustainability Assessment Annex 2 map 3
• Key Allocation Initial Sustainability Assessment Annex 2 map 4
• Key Allocation Initial Sustainability Assessment Annex 2 map 5
• Key Allocation Initial Sustainability Assessment Annex 2 map 6
• Key Allocation Initial Sustainability Assessment Annex 2 map 7a
• Key Allocation Initial Sustainability Assessment Annex 2 map 7b
• Key Allocation Initial Sustainability Assessment Annex 2 map 8
• Key Allocation Initial Sustainability Assessment Annex 2 map 9

View more information on the Key Allocations DPD.

3. York Northwest

York Northwest is a major area for regeneration which includes 2 major development sites; York Central (35-37 ha) and the former British Sugar/Manor School (42 ha). The sites are located in close proximity to one another, in a corridor between the A59 Boroughbridge/ Poppleton Road and A19 Shipton/ Clifton Road. These areas are now being planned through Supplementary Planning Documents (SPDs) as opposed to being taken forward as part of an Area Action Plan (AAP).

Consultation on the York Northwest AAP Issues and Options report ran for ten weeks between the 5th November 2007 and 14th January 2008. You can download a copy of the Issues and Options sustainability Statement that accompanied this consultation and the York Northwest AAP SA Scoping Report below:

• York Northwest AAP Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report
• York Northwest AAP Sustainability Statement (November 2007)

View more information on the York Northwest Area Action Plan.

The former British Sugar/Manor School SPD went out for consultation between November 2010 and January 2011. A copy of the Sustainability Appraisal accompanying the SPD is available to download below.

• Former British Sugar/Manor School SPD Sustainability Appraisal

View the webpage for the Former British Sugar/Manor School SPD

4. City Centre Area Action Plan Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report

The City Centre Area Action debates the key issues and opportunities relating to the city centre.

Consultation on the Issues and Options took place in between July and September 2008. For this consultation, a Sustainability Statement was prepared. An SA Scoping Report has also been prepared that sets out the objectives and indicators, which will provide the framework for the sustainability appraisal. Consultation on this scoping report ran until the 23rd May 2008. The final Scoping Report and the SA Issues and Options SA Statement can be downloaded below.

• CCAAP SA Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report
• CCAAP SA Scoping Report Annex 1
• CCAAP SA Scoping Report Annex 2
• CCAAP SA Scoping Report Annex 3
• CCAAP SA Scoping Report Annex 4
• CCAAP SA Scoping Report Annex 5
• City Centre Area Action Plan Sustainability Statement (July 2008)

View more information on the City Centre Centre Area Action Plan.